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UPDATE: Felony Assault on Officers Among Charges After Woman Crashes into Police Car in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE: Felony Assault on Officers Among Charges After Woman Crashes into Police Car in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE 1/30/2025: Sabrina B. Thompson, 26, , of Texas was arrested on January 30, 2025, following a reported series of events involving multiple assaults, property damage, and a violation of an out-of-state protective order. Court documents detail a police pursuit through Lexington Park that ended with Thompson facing six charges, including felony assault on...
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UPDATE: GoFundMe Started for Family Who Lost Everything in Lexington Park House Fire

UPDATE: GoFundMe Started for Family Who Lost Everything in Lexington Park House Fire

UPDATE 1/28/2025: Clothing sizing, items needed added:  Children 7/8 & 10/12 (boys) Shoes 10 year old mens size 7, and 7 year old mens size 3.5/4 Adult mens L / XL in clothing and shoes size men 9.5 UPDATE 1/27/2025: GoFundMe can be supported, shared by clicking here. The fire has left them with...
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Two Fires Behind Big Dogs Paradise Bar and Grill Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

Two Fires Behind Big Dogs Paradise Bar and Grill Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, at approximately 12:50 a.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department were alerted to the rear of the Big Dogs Paradise Bar and Grill located at 28765 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported outside fire. The 911 caller was a passerby who stated it appeared their was something...
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UPDATE: GoFundMe Goal Reached After Devastating Fire in Hollywood

UPDATE: GoFundMe Goal Reached After Devastating Fire in Hollywood

UPDATE 1/25/2025: GoFundMe goals has been reached! $7,350 raised, thank you to all who supported. UPDATE 1/23/2025: GoFundMe added to support our community entertainer, Reggie Rice. Reggie lost all of his performance costumes, travel clothes, his bed and bedding, some of his illusion props, and most importantly, his beloved pet rabbit, Haircules Bundini, which...
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Hollywood Man Arrested for Domestic Assault with a Sword in St. Mary’s County

Hollywood Man Arrested for Domestic Assault with a Sword in St. Mary’s County

Travis Terrell Goldring, 39, of Hollywood, Maryland, was arrested on January 21, 2025, following allegations of a violent domestic incident at a residence on Hollywood Road. Goldring has been charged with first-degree assault, a felony, and second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, according to court documents. The St. Mary’s Emergency Communications Center received a report of...
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Lexington Park Man Charged with Illegal Firearms Possession and Cocaine Found During Raid

Lexington Park Man Charged with Illegal Firearms Possession and Cocaine Found During Raid

Dylan Lane Sullivan, 21, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple charges after a search warrant executed at his residence on January 23, 2025, led to the discovery of firearms, a rapid-fire activator, high-capacity magazines, and illegal drugs. Court documents detail the operation conducted by local law enforcement and the items seized, which include a...
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Two Flown to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Hughesville

Two Flown to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Hughesville

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, at approximately, 1:44 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 9190 Leonardtown Road in Hughesville, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-vehicle head-on style collision with two patients trapped. Firefighters from Hughesville and Mechanicsville...
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Three Teens Charged for Armed Robbery, Theft of Vape Cartridges in Waldorf

Three Teens Charged for Armed Robbery, Theft of Vape Cartridges in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7:44 p.m., two suspects entered a business in the 3500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf, and a third suspect remained at the door as a lookout. The suspects displayed a handgun and demanded tobacco products. The employees complied and the suspects fled after stealing a large quantity...
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Charles County Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery of Citizen in Waldorf

Charles County Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery of Citizen in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of Cornell Lane in Waldorf for the call of a citizen armed robbery. The victim reported he was walking to his vehicle when he was approached by three males who displayed firearms and demanded his wallet, phone, and expensive designer-brand...
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Four Injured After Two Vehicle Collision Leaves One Trapped in Callaway, Police Investigating

Four Injured After Two Vehicle Collision Leaves One Trapped in Callaway, Police Investigating

On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at approximately 8:34 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to Point Lookout Road and Camp Cosoma Road in Callaway, for a serious motor vehicle collision with possible entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a head-on style collision with one occupant trapped...
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Police in Charles County Search for Wanted Suspect Thomas Caparella-Monat

Police in Charles County Search for Wanted Suspect Thomas Caparella-Monat

UPDATE: The La Plata Police Department is actively seeking the public’s assistance in locating Thomas Caparella-Monat, a 32-year-old from Port Republic, MD. Caparella-Monat is wanted in connection with a violent domestic-related assault and several other criminal charges. According to police, the suspect allegedly assaulted a woman, choking her and breaking her nose during the...
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Charles County Detectives Seeking Whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, Wanted for Stabbing Relative Over Argument Involving TV Remote

Charles County Detectives Seeking Whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, Wanted for Stabbing Relative Over Argument Involving TV Remote

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, 50, of Bryans Road, MD, who has an active warrant charging him with first-degree assault. On Friday, January 10, 2025, Greenfield stabbed a relative in the head and neck after an argument – reportedly over the use of a television remote control....
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Virginia Man Arrested on Theft and Fraud Charges After High-Speed Chase in Calvert County; Suspect Found with Multiple Fake IDs

Virginia Man Arrested on Theft and Fraud Charges After High-Speed Chase in Calvert County; Suspect Found with Multiple Fake IDs

A high-speed chase through Calvert County on January 8, 2025, led to the arrest of Xavier Leron Jett, 26, of Alexandria, Virginia, who now faces multiple charges, including fraud and auto theft. According to court documents, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were alerted by a License Plate Reader (LPR) system to a...
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Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery at R&J Liquors in Dunkirk

Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery at R&J Liquors in Dunkirk

On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at approximately 8:53 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to R&J Liquors located at 2797 W. Chesapeake Beach Road in Dunkirk, for the report of an armed robbery. The complainant advised two suspects robbed the store at gunpoint and fled from the area. Calvert...
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Green Holly Elementary School Early Dismissal Today, Jan.21st 2025 Due to Water Main Break

Green Holly Elementary School Early Dismissal Today, Jan.21st 2025 Due to Water Main Break

Due to an unanticipated water main break due to an independent contractor working in the area, Green Holly Elementary School will be closing at 1:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. The break has occurred in the area of Esperanza Farms in Lexington Park. There will be an emergency water service outage for residents...
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UPDATE: White Plains Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison After Stabbing Victim 59 Times

UPDATE: White Plains Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison After Stabbing Victim 59 Times

UPDATE 1/21/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, January 16, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez, 23, of White Plains, to 38 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Marco Alexander Pulido-Castro and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon...
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Two Flown to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision with Entrapment in Hughesville

Two Flown to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision with Entrapment in Hughesville

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, police, firefighters and emergency medical services were alerted to the area of Leonardtown Road and Old Leonardtown Road in Hughesville, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and one on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a three-vehicle collision with no active fire and two patients...
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UPDATE: Police Arrest Third Suspect in Lexington Park Shooting

UPDATE: Police Arrest Third Suspect in Lexington Park Shooting

UPDATE: Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, have arrested Charles Henry Thompson, 30, of Lexington Park, Maryland, in connection with a shooting on October 30, 2024, in the 22000 block of Valley Estates, Lexington Park. Thompson was located and arrested without incident in South Carolina....
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UPDATE: United States Flag and Maryland Flag to be Half-Staff for Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins

UPDATE: United States Flag and Maryland Flag to be Half-Staff for Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins

UPDATE 1/16/2025: Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland Flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately. This action is for Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service who died in the line of duty on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The United States Flag will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise...
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Serious Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Dump Truck with Entrapment Sends One to Trauma Center

Serious Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Dump Truck with Entrapment Sends One to Trauma Center

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, at approximately 10:31 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Crain Highway and Rock Point Road in Newburg, for the serious motor vehicle collision involving a commercial vehicle with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Toyota vehicle and a dump truck...
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Horrific Conditions Lead Over 150 Animal Cruelty Charges for Charlotte Hall Father and Daughter

Kelvin Shepherd, 51, and Dominique Parrish, 35, both of Charlotte Hall

Kelvin Shepherd, 51, and Dominique Parrish, 35, both of Charlotte Hall, were arrested following a joint investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control. The investigation uncovered what authorities describe as “horrific” conditions for over 17 dogs housed on their property at 30205 Gershwin Road. The arrests came after months of...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed 28-Year-Old Mechanicsville Woman

Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed 28-Year-Old Mechanicsville Woman

UPDATE: On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at approximately 6:33 p.m., patrol units from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle collision near Three Notch Road and Old Village Road, Mechanicsville, with one ejected. The preliminary investigation revealed a 2000 Infinity G20 operated by Melissa Marie Stallings, 28, of...
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VIDEO: Tip From Confidential Informant Uncovers Major Drug Operation in St. Mary’s County

VIDEO: Tip From Confidential Informant Uncovers Major Drug Operation in St. Mary’s County

On January 14, 2025, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Thomas A. Goldring, 44, of Great Mills, and Toney L. Daye, 58, of Lexington Park, who now face multiple drug-related charges. The arrests occurred following an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit, which had received information linking Goldring, known as “Junk,” to narcotics...
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Police in Charles County Seize Drugs, Guns, and Stolen Vehicles – Newburg Man Arrested

Police in Charles County Seize Drugs, Guns, and Stolen Vehicles – Newburg Man Arrested

Demetrius Antoine McKinney, 32, of Newburg, was arrested on January 9, 2025, in connection with an ongoing drug trafficking investigation by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Division. The arrest followed a search warrant executed at McKinney’s residence on Oak Ridge Court, where authorities reportedly recovered a substantial amount of illegal drugs, firearms,...
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UPDATE: 94-Year-Old Woman Identified After Being Found Deceased In Her Hughesville Home

UPDATE: 94-Year-Old Woman Identified After Being Found Deceased In Her Hughesville Home

UPDATE 1/13/2025: The victim of last week’s fatal house fire in Hughesville has been positively identified as 94-year-old Dora Lee Douglas, the homeowner. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the cause of death was attributed to thermal burn injuries and smoke inhalation. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the...
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